/ɐkɑmɑtsɯ/ or /ɐkɑmɑːtsɯ/ (Japanese: (Akamatsu))

Definitions

1. noun

A type of Japanese pine (Pinus thunbergii) or a Japanese surname.

“The family that owned the property had a beautiful akamatsu tree in their garden.”

2. proper noun

A Japanese surname, most famously associated with the 14th-century Japanese samurai Akamatsu Norimura.

“The historical records of the Akamatsu family were an important find for the historian.”